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January 24, 2020

Friday Giveaway: Eight Vintage Classics



I'm giving away these eight vintage classics today.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern. Good luck!


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Published on January 24, 2020 07:14

January 23, 2020

Try Your Best


Postcard, copyright 1907. No writing on reverse.

Try to keep poverty a days march behind you

Found in "The Art of Oak Books: Book Three" edited by Charles Eliot Norton. Published by D.C. Heath, 1908.


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Published on January 23, 2020 07:11

January 22, 2020

Portrait

 Photograph, no date or writing on reverse side.

Found in "Yama (The Pit)" by Alexandre Kuprin. Privately printed, 1922.

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Published on January 22, 2020 07:37

January 18, 2020

Giveaway winner

This week's winner was Carla Tomlinson, who entered on Facebook.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

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Published on January 18, 2020 07:52

January 17, 2020

Friday Giveaway: Eight Children's Books - contest closed



Contest is now closed, winner will  be announced shortly.

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Published on January 17, 2020 07:44

Friday Giveaway: Eight Children's Books



I am giving away these eight children's books today.

To enter, leave a comment below. You can also enter on Facebook , Twitter , Instagram or via email .

I will gather up all the entries and select a winner at random tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM Eastern.

Good luck!

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Published on January 17, 2020 07:44

January 15, 2020

The Answer


Bookmark, woven silk over cardboard. Printed by Carroll Good, Inc.

Found in "When Polly Ann Played Santa Claus" by Eleanor Porter. Published by Houghton Mifflin, 1923.

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Published on January 15, 2020 07:06

January 13, 2020

Nostalgia, Part 35


Original PlayStation game "Kileak: The DNA Imperative."

Found in "Give Yourself Goosebumps #4: The Deadly Experiments of Dr. EEk" by R.L. Stine. Published by Scholastic, 1996.

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Published on January 13, 2020 07:33

January 11, 2020

Giveaway Winner

This week's winner was Samuel Goldberg, who entered here on the site via email.

Thanks to all who entered, see you here next week.

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Published on January 11, 2020 08:07

January 10, 2020

Friday Giveaway: Six Antique Poetry Books - contest closed



Contest now closed, winner will be announced shortly.

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Published on January 10, 2020 07:10